An Assessment on Laboratory Safety Knowledge among Allied Health Sciences Students at the University of Sri Jayewardenepura
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1 IJMS 2016 vol. 3 (2): International Journal of Multidisciplinary Studies (IJMS) Volume 3, Issue 2, 2016 An Assessment on Laboratory Safety Knowledge among Allied Health Sciences Students at the University of Sri Jayewardenepura Withanage ND and Priyadarshani AMB Department of Allied Health Sciences, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri Lanka ABSTRACT This study was carried out to determine the knowledge regarding laboratory safety precautions amongst Allied Health Sciences students at the University of Sri Jayewardenepura. A cross-sectional study on laboratory safety knowledge of Allied Health Sciences students was conducted using a standardized, 60-item structured self-administered questionnaire. The questionnaires were administered to 229 of students. The statistical data was generated using SPSS 16th version. The students who obtained scores of 75, 74-60, and 49 were categorized as excellent, good, moderate and poor knowledge, respectively regard to laboratory safety precautions. Participants included the students from B. Pharmacy 36.7% (n=84), B.Sc. in Medical Laboratory Sciences (MLS) 45.4% (n=104) and B.Sc. (Nursing) 17.9% (n=41), degree s. Students overall knowledge towards the laboratory safety precautions as follow; excellent 7.4% (n=17), good 27.5% (n=63), moderate 22.7% (n=52) and poor 42.4% (n=97). Students had a good knowledge in relation to safety laboratory practices, personal protective equipment, traceability and waste disposal. Knowledge regarding gas, chemical storage and glassware hazards was moderate. But knowledge was poor regard to safety equipment, emergency procedures, health awareness, laboratory equipment and instruments. A significant difference (p 0.05) related to knowledge on laboratory safety precautions was observed among three degree s: B. Pharmacy: excellent 1.2% (n=1), good 10.7% (n=9), moderate 23.8% (n=20), poor 64.3 (n=54), B.Sc. in MLS: excellent 15.4% (n=16), good 49% (n=51), moderate 18.3% (n=19), poor 17.3% (n=18) and B.Sc. (Nursing); good 7.3% (n=3), moderate 31.7% (n=13), poor 97% (n=61). But there was no significant difference was observed among the students belong to different academic years same degree. It is concluded that the knowledge on laboratory safety precautions amongst Allied Health Sciences students is inadequate. KEYWORDS: Laboratory safety precautions, laboratory hazards, safety awareness Corresponding author: A. M. B. Priyadarshani, priyadarshani@sjp.ac.lk
2 W. D. Withanage and A. M. B. Priyadarshani 1. INTRODUCTION B.Sc. in Medical Laboratory Sciences (MLS), B. Pharmacy and B.Sc. (Nursing) govern under the Department of Allied Health Sciences at University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri Lanka are greatly dealing with laboratory based learning methods. Out of all three degree s B.Sc. in MLS is essentially a medical laboratory based degree. The students accomplish an enormous number of practical sessions including Microbiology, Haematology, Histopathology, Chemical Pathology and Parasitology during their course of study (Prospectus, Allied Health Sciences Degrees, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, 2012). In addition to the university setting, students gain comprehensive laboratory exposures from the medical laboratories in hospitals (Prospectus, Allied Health Sciences Degrees, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, 2012). Therefore these undergraduates perform routine laboratory procedures on numerous clinical specimens including blood, urine, faeces, sputum, tissue and other body fluids from the patients suffering from variety of infections. Hence there is a possibility to expose them to infections such as hepatitis B virus (HBV), hepatitis C virus (HCV) and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and other blood borne infections if satisfactory safety measures are not taken (Nwabuisi & Olatunji, 1999; Falope et al., 1998). The students of B.Sc. (Nursing) Degree s are also extensively dealing with a number of practical based trainings in the university. In addition to that, these students gain clinical experience in a variety of settings especially from the hospitals over the whole course of four years (Prospectus, Allied Health Sciences Degrees, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, 2012). However, knowledge regarding universal precautions is extremely important for the students of B.Sc. (Nursing) degree as their career is greatly dealing with clinical aspects. In addition to the practical based learning, the students from B. Pharmacy degree are offered one year of internship at hospitals, Medical Research Institute, National Drugs Quality Assurance Laboratory etc. (Prospectus, Allied Health Sciences Degrees, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, 2012). It becomes clear from the above mentioned facts that knowledge regarding universal precautions is extremely important for the students of Allied Health Sciences Degree. The laboratory setting can be a hazardous place to work since it mainly endow with microbial, chemical, glassware, equipment, radiation and explosion hazards. Therefore the workers are usually faced with various hazards at work. As a result the person s health and safety may be severely threatened unless satisfactory preventive defensive measures are not taken (Zaveri & Karia, 2012). It is documented that among health-care workers, annual proportions exposed to bloodborne pathogens are as follows; 2.6% for HCV, 5.9% for HBV and 0.5% for HIV, corresponding to about 16,000 HCV infections and 66,000 HBV infections in health-care workers worldwide. However, they seem to have lack of perception of the danger of infections and are not compliant with the basic principles of safety precautions (Adebamowo & Ajuwon, 1997; Brusaferro, 1997). Amongst health-care workers the majority is injured by needles, scalpels and other sharp instruments and devices which are contaminated with blood and other body fluids. This system of infection control is therefore very important to minimize the risk of transmission of infections in the laboratory, as workers may not be aware of the outcome of blood and fluid specimens until they are investigated (Zaveri & Karia, 2012). Another study has revealed that accidents occurring in the Pathology laboratories of Hospital Ipoh as Histology (40%), Microbiology (33%), Haematology (20%) and Cytology (7%) laboratories. Forty seven
3 An Assessment on Laboratory Safety Knowledge among Allied Health Sciences Students percent of the incidents were due to cuts by sharp objects. About 27% of the injuries are due to splashes and squirts by blood or chemicals. There was one case from following; contact with bio-hazardous fluid, burn, hypersensitivity reactions and drinking of disinfectant accidentally (Karim & Choe, 2000). Furthermore awareness regarding hazards of the chemicals, radiation, fire and waste disposal are vital. Statistical data has been shown that in the UK, explosions and fires related to works account for more than 5000 burn injuries per year (Mian, 2011). However above findings are emphasized that attitudes, perception and practice of laboratory workers about safety precautions are tremendously important. The avoidance of hazards in laboratories requires a thorough understanding regarding the risks and the laboratory personnel should be familiarized themselves with universal precautions (Zaveri & Karia, 2012). Especially, laboratory at university is the place where undergraduate students first develop their laboratory practices and the practice they learnt from the laboratory may carry throughout their careers. Therefore the present study was undertaken to evaluate the knowledge of students from the Department of Allied Health Sciences at the University of Sri Jayewardenepura regarding laboratory safety measures. 2. MATERIALS & METHODS 2.1. Study Design This was a cross-sectional study which used a standardized, structured self-administered questionnaire to survey knowledge regarding laboratory safety precautions among Allied Health Sciences students at University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri Lanka. The identity of participants was protected as participants names were not required. Data were recorded anonymously, and confidentiality was maintained; only the degree and the academic year were known. Completed questionnaires were retrieved immediately by the study investigators. Prior to commence the study, the Ethical clearance was obtained from the Ethical Review Committee, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri Lanka Survey Instrument The questionnaire was self-generated and developed by adapting guidelines on universal work precautions. It was self-administered and consisted of sixty standardized questions which covered eleven different aspects related to laboratory safety precautions as follow; (i) Personal protective equipment; eg., wearing of gloves, lab coats, aprons, covered-shoes, eye & respiratory protection equipment (ii) Location & operation of safety equipment; eg., fire extinguisher, eye washers & safety showers (iii) Safety laboratory practices; eg., decontamination of laboratory bench tops before leaving the laboratory, hazard warning labels (iv) Emergency procedures eg., maintaining an accident register, telephone numbers of authorized persons to whom an emergency should be informed, awareness on spill control kits (v) Health awareness eg., annual tuberculosis (TB) screening, vaccination against Hepatitis B, awareness regarding permissible exposure limit of hazardous chemicals (vi) Laboratory equipment & instruments eg., awareness whether scientific instruments are in working order and in good condition, correct handling of the scientific instruments (vii) Glassware hazards eg., use of high temperature or heat resistant - Pyrex glassware depending on the requirement, wearing protective gloves while cleaning glassware (viii) Gas eg., closing of valves of gas cylinders when not in use (ix) Chemicals & clinical specimens storage eg., allocation of refrigerators and freezers according to contamination levels (x) Traceability eg., labeling of reactive agents and samples with name, date, storage temperature, expiry date (xi) Waste disposal eg., handling of all types of (biological, chemical, radioactive etc.) waste
4 W. D. Withanage and A. M. B. Priyadarshani containers properly, segregation & collection of wastes in suitable containers Study Population The questionnaires were administered to a batch of 229 students who belong to B.Sc. in MLS, B. Pharmacy and B.Sc. (Nursing) degree s. In B.Sc. in MLS and B. Pharmacy s, students of first-fourth year participated whereas in B.Sc. (Nursing) only the students of second-fourth year participated. The students from first year of B.Sc. (Nursing) had no laboratory exposure in the university at the time when the study was commenced. Hence they volunteered to decline from the study. Before questionnaires were handed out to participants, the aims and objectives of the study were explained to them. The students were given their verbal consent to participate in this study. Questionnaires were handed out to the students under the supervision of investigators. Students were informed to complete the questionnaire according to one s own knowledge and not to consult each other and refer the literature while completing the questionnaire. Voluntary participation was sought and the students who declined to participate in the study were excluded Data Analysis Upon completion of data gathering, data were coded and captured on Excel. The data was analyzed using SPSS version 16. In the statistical analysis, frequencies, mean values and percentages were presented. In comparison of study groups a chi-square p value < 0.05 was considered statistically significant. A score was given to each factor which has been tested by the questioner and finally overall score was calculated. The scale related to the knowledge on laboratory safety knowledge was given as follow; the students who had scored 75, 74-60, and 49 were categorized as excellent, good, moderate and poor, respectively. 3. RESULTS & DISCUSSION Out of 229 participants the majority was B.Sc. in MLS undergraduates indicating the percentage of 45.4 (n=104). In B. Pharmacy degree there was 36.7% (n=84) participants whereas from the B.Sc. (Nursing) degree there was only 17.9% (n=41) participants. Table 1 shows the composition of the participants by the degree and academic year to which they belong to. Table 1. Composition of the study population by degree and academic year Degree Academic year Total B. Pharmacy: degree B.Sc. (MLS): degree B.Sc. (Nursing): degree Total: degree First year % % 0 0% % Second year % % % % Third year % 26 25% % % Fourth year % 27 26% % 71 31% Eleven different aspects of laboratory safety precautions given in the questionnaire were analyzed individually and the following observations were made; the students had a good knowledge in relation to safety laboratory practices, personal protective equipment, traceability and waste disposal. Furthermore the knowledge regarding gas, chemicals & clinical specimens storage and glassware hazards was moderate. But knowledge was poor regard to location & operation of safety equipment, emergency
5 Total Poor Moderate Good Excellent An Assessment on Laboratory Safety Knowledge among Allied Health Sciences Students procedures, health awareness, laboratory equipment and instruments (see Table 2). The mean value for overall knowledge on laboratory safety precautions was 51.4 ± This is clearly indicated that an overall knowledge of moderate level with regard to laboratory safety precautions. Table 2. Students knowledge towards laboratory safety precautions Knowledge category Safety laboratory practices Personal protective equipment Traceability Waste disposal Gas Storage of chemicals & clinical specimens Glassware hazards Location & operation of safety equipment Emergency procedures Health awareness Laboratory equipment and instruments Overall score (Mean±SD) n= ± ± ± ± ± ± ± ± ± ± ±32.0 Furthermore, a detailed analysis of data specified that, only 7.4% (n=17) of study population had an excellent knowledge towards the laboratory safety precautions. The number of undergraduates belong to knowledge level good and moderate were 63 (27.5%) and 52 (22.7%), respectively. Nevertheless the majority had been showed a poor knowledge including 97 of participants (42.4%) (see Figure 1). It is very important to note that significant differences related to knowledge on laboratory safety precautions was observed among the degree s. Out of three different degree s B.Sc. in MLS undergraduates had a significantly higher knowledge (p 0.05) compared to other two degree s. They showed excellent of 15.4% (n=16), good of 49% (n=51), moderate of 18.3% (n=19) and poor of 17.3% (n=18). In B. Pharmacy degree excellent, good, moderate and poor as follows; 1.2% (n=1), 10.7% (n=9), 23.8% (n=20) and 64.3% (n=54), respectively whereas in B.Sc. (Nursing) degree ; good 7.3% (n=3), moderate 31.7% (n=13) and poor were 61% (n=25), respectively (see Table 3 and Figure 2). Table 3. Differences of laboratory safety knowledge among three degree s Degree B. Pharmacy: degree B.Sc. in MLS: degree % % Knowledge % 51 49% % % % % B.Sc. (Nursing): within degree the 0 0% 3 7.3% % 25 61% 41 Figure1. Students overall knowledge towards laboratory safety precautions Total: within degree the % % % % 229
6 W. D. Withanage and A. M. B. Priyadarshani Figure 2. Differences of laboratory safety knowledge among three degree s However there was no significant difference observed among the students belong to different academic years same degree. The present study yielded very important findings pertaining to laboratory safety precautions among Allied Health Sciences students. The results clearly indicate that the insufficiency of knowledge regard to laboratory safety precautions in the study population as the students had gained the overall score of 51.4±15.1 (Mean ± SD) showing the lower marginal level of knowledge category moderate. Hence these findings call for a lot of disquiets as laboratory safety precautions are extremely important for the study population, not only during their university life but also in their professions in the health care sector in the future too. However we observed that the students are knowledgeable about safety laboratory practices such as washing hands before leaving the lab, not to practice mouth pipetting, decontamination of laboratory bench tops before leaving the laboratory, following of hazard warning labels and symbols appearing on the chemical containers, alert on turn off of gas, water, electricity, vacuum and compression lines and heating apparatus, not to consume foods and beverages inside the laboratory and not to allow unauthorized people to access the laboratory. They had obtained the highest score (73±15.4) for safety laboratory practices out of all the eleven aspects tested by the questionnaire which comes under the upper marginal level of knowledge category good. Though their knowledge was good towards personal protective equipment (60.9±25.3), traceability (61.1±38.6) and waste disposal (60.3±31.0) the scores obtained were at the lower border line of knowledge category good. Anyway the students had obtained a very low level of score for location & operation of laboratory safety equipment (22.8±15.4) though eye washers, safety showers, fire extinguisher are available in the laboratories of the university, emergency procedures (33.1±22.0) and laboratory instruments & equipment (47.4±32.0). Another imperative factor we observed that health awareness was very poor among the study group which is indicated by the score of 30±23. The different factors we tested under the health awareness were whether annual tuberculosis screening was done, vaccination against Hepatitis B and awareness regarding permissible exposure limit of hazardous chemicals. Possible reason may be, unawareness regarding the severity of the diseases such as tuberculosis, Hepatitis B etc. and the students should be educated concerning these facts. Several studies have been indicated that through continuing education, training and retraining s have a real potential on improving safety precautions among the target populations (Goswami et al., 2011; Islam et al., 2002; Odeyemi, 2012). A study carried out in Sri Lanka on sharp injuries among medical students in the faculty of Medicine, Colombo, Sri Lanka suggested that their curriculum should put more highlighting on improving the knowledge and practice on the topic of sharps injuries as out of 168 medical students, one or more sharp injury was experienced by 95% of the students. The study showed that 24% of students thought protection was not needed. The majority (97%) of the study population believed that education regarding sharps
7 An Assessment on Laboratory Safety Knowledge among Allied Health Sciences Students injuries is important (Liyanage et al., 2012). The importance of education was evidenced by the present study too. Only the B.Sc. in MLS undergraduates had been lecturing regarding Introduction to laboratory safety during their very early stage in the university life prior to commencement the laboratory based learning in the university (personal communication). This may be a possible reason why B. Sc. in MLS undergraduates have shown a significantly higher knowledge (p 0.05) compared to B.Sc. (Nursing) and B. Pharmacy undergraduates. Hence potentially effective laboratory safety s and workshops are extremely important to the students of the Allied Health Sciences degree. Also, the students should have an enduring overt commitment to the safety s and thus, compliance to the laboratory safety procedures should be made mandatory. Furthermore it has been reported that the occurrence of infection with HBV has seen lowered effectively among health care workers mainly due to the immunization with hepatitis B vaccine in recent years (Poole et al., 1994). Therefore vaccination of undergraduates against hepatitis B should also be done while awareness on post prophylaxis should be extensively disseminated. This is important because it has been documented that health care workers are usually not aware on what type of prophylaxis measures to be taken in the occasion of exposure to blood and body fluids (Odusanya, 2003) and this might be valid to the study population of the present study too. 4. CONCLUSION In overall, knowledge on laboratory safety precautions among Allied Health Sciences students is poor. But in comparison B.Sc. in MLS undergraduates had a significantly higher knowledge (p 0.05) compared to other two degree s. However, there was no significant difference regarding laboratory safety precautions among the students belong to different academic years same degree. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT We are sincerely grateful to all the participants in this study for sparing their time to fill the questionnaires. We are also thankful to Mr. Inesh Prabuddha, Department of Statistics, Faculty of Allied Health Sciences, University of Sri Jayewardenepura for the assistance given during the statistical analysis. REFERENCES ADEBAMOWO CA & AJUWON A. The immunization status and level of knowledge about Hepatitis B virus infection among Nigerian surgeons. West Afr J Med.1997; 16:93-6. BRUSAFERRO S, MARTINA P & PUZZOLANTE L. Epidemiological study on knowledge, attitudes and behavior of health care workers with respect to HIV infection. Med Lav. 1997; 88: FALOPE IA, ADEDEJI OO & EYESAN SU. Incidence of HIV positivity in trauma victims over the age of 20 years. The Niger postgraduate Med J.1998; 5: GOSWAMI HM, SONI ST, PATEL SM & PATEL MK. A study on knowledge, attitude and practice of laboratory safety measures among Paramedical staff of laboratory services. National Journal of Community Medicine. 2011; 2 (3): ISLAM MT, MOSTAFA G, BHUIYA AU, HAWKES S & DE FRANCISCO A. Knowledge on, and attitude toward, HIV/AIDS among staff of an international organization in Bangladesh. J Health Popul Nutr. 2002; 20(3):
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